Report: Fewer prisoners involved in gangs

Most gang members labeled disruptive are housed in higher security prisons

1:05 AM,
Jun. 18, 2014

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Fewer Ohio prisoners are being identified as gang members, but nearly one in six prisoners are still members of a prison gang, according to a Correctional Institution Inspection Committee report.

As of January, 8,171 inmates were identified as members of a security threat group, also known as a prison gang. That number was a slight decline from January 2013 and a 12.9 percent decrease from January 2012, according to the report released Tuesday.

Prison officials attributed the decline to "more stringent profiling criteria and diligence of staff at all levels," Ohio Department of ...